WBC Boss Says Vargas Needs Medical Advice.
WBC President Jose Sulaiman says that Fernando Vargas should get prompt medical advice, following his less than convincing win.
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Harrison will have to wait for Marquez or Chi
The pride of Scotland, Scott Harrison will put his WBO Featherweight belt up for grabs at Glasgow’s Braehead Arena on October 1st. But his as yet unnamed opponent won’t be either WBC champ Injin Chi or WBA title holder Juan Manuel Marquez. Marquez’s Manager Ignacio “Nacho” Beristain has confirmed the JMM plan is to take on WBA title holder Chris John as soon as possible. Marquez is still the WBA’s Unified Champion and John holds the bread and butter version.
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WBC President Jose Sulaiman Stresses Bernard Lost!
Four from twelve, leaves eight. And that’s the sum Bernard Hopkins got wrong, rather than one judge scoring the final round differently than his other two colleagues. This is the opinion of WBC President Jose Sulaiman, and he stated it to boxing scribes, at a coffee morning in the heart of downtown Mexico City.
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WBC Boss Slams Possible Gatti-Chavez Bout
WBC President Jose Sulaiman, has lambasted a suggestion that Mexican boxing legend Julio Cesar Chavez, might contest his "final" farewell fight against Arturo Gatti in Atlantic City. Former World champion in three weight divisions Julio Cesar Chavez, 108-5-2, who’s recognized as the greatest Mexican fighter of all time, dictated his boxing adios to his homeland, with a unanimous decision against his old foe Frankie Randall last year in Mexico City’s Plaza de Toros. However this then spawned a series of US adios bouts. Julio’s promoter Bob Arum has announced that the next adios bout is in Phoenix on September 17th. Then there are plans for him to bid farewell to Texas and Chicago. But Don Jose has drawn the line at the mere whiff of a suggestion of an Atlantic City clash with Arturo Gatti as the grand finale. Don Jose didn’t pull his verbal punches in saying: "What bothers me is that this would be an open exhibition of a human being to be hurt or killed. I have kept my mouth shut, if they are going to have Chavez fight against boxers, who would find it difficult to hurt him. But to put him against a pro who is at the top of his career would be a crime. Anyone involved in boxing knows that something could happen."
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The Age Old Problem of Boxing
Why oh why is it that boxers themselves are the last people to detect the warning signs and call it a day on their ring careers, so they can retain and cherish, rather than cling to their health and faculties? Unlike victorious Roman Generals, few fighters have a slave on their chariot, charged with the specific duty of regularly whispering in their ear: “Remember you are mortal.”
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Naseem Hamed Should Be Helping Amir Khan
Naseem Hamed was the youngest Britain ever to become a world champion, and now he can show the hallmark of his class by helping Amir Khan to better it. The two men are somewhat similar and also drastically different. Both are devout Muslims who have grown up in Britain and are proud of their country. Both have captured the public’s imagination with the richness of their natural talent and precocious brilliance. Both are heroes and role models for their own communities, but are admired by the whole country and the world at large. Although he has a royal surname, eighteen-year-old Amir is quiet, modest and down to earth. While Naseem adopted a royal mantle with his nickname of Prince, often strutting around adorned with cloak of regal distain, a bit like a potentate. Naseem had purists gritting their teeth and gnashing their gums, with his unorthodox handicraft, while Amir’s more conventional skills won him an Olympic silver medal. There was no doubting Naseem’s talent and lion hearted courage, the lad had guts. Back in 1995 as a 21 year old, he breezed on to the Cardiff turf of Steve Robinson, and proved he wasn’t a usurper, by pulling off a stunning eighth round knockout in front of a suitably stunned home town crowd. He gave his subjects full notice of his talent.
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The Courage of Mexican Fighters
Mexico has produced some fantastic fighters. The likes of Julio Cesar Chavez, Salvador Sanchez, Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Ricardo Lopez and Ruben Olivares. The roll call of excellence stretches a long way. But for every superstar, there are hundreds of bread and butter fighters. Martin "The Fireman" Sanchez was one of them.
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Corrales Wants Revenge on Mayweather
Newly enthroned WBC Lightweight Champion Diego “Chico” Corrales wants a second crowning ceremony, with Floyd Mayweather as the special guest of honor. Diego and his Promoter Gary Shaw, were in Mexico City to be presented with the famous green belt by WBC President Jose Sulaiman, following his thrilling, spectacular and controversial victory over toughster Jose Luis Castillo. Hugging the belt tightly Diego beamed: “Come hell or high water, I’m keeping this. I might even sleep with it tonight.” Shaw confirmed that a re-match with Castillo is scheduled for October 8th at the Thomas & Mack Center, but he also stressed that the final deal has yet to be initialed, due to ongoing negotiations which have yet to be ironed out. He stressed his immense pride in Diego Corrales’ fantastic comeback courage in the Castillo bout: “When Diego was down the second time, I was thinking what I was going to say at the press conference. How I was going to bring him back again as a great champion. And the next thing I remember was running in the ring. I can’t tell you what happened between my thoughts and going up the steps." “There are a lot of good fighters out there. But the great fighters are the ones that come back, that never quit. Jose Luis Castillo is the same way. Castillo is like a rubber band. You pull a rubber band and it snaps back, so no matter how often the referee breaks them, he’s going to be right there. I believe that if the referee had not stopped it, Jose Luis Castillo would have been swinging until he was out cold. There aren’t a lot of those type of fighters out there.”
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Wait problems for Scott Harrison
The much anticipated ring clash between Scott Harrison and Juan Manuel Marquez for three of the four featherweight belts, looks set to take longer than expected. Marquez’s Manager Ignacio "Nacho" Beristain, has confirmed that Juan’s next fight will be against Fahprakkorb Rakkiatgym of Thailand, who’s the highest ranked challenger the IBF can muster.
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BoxingScene Exclusive, Hasim Rahman Interview
Hasim "The Rock" Rahman is determined to win the WBC Heavyweight Title again, but before he gets the opportunity to snatch the belt from champion Vitali Klitschko, he has to beat top contender Monte Barrett. Hasim and Monte will slug it out in Chicago on August 13th in a WBC eliminator, the winner of the bout gets to take on the giant Ukrainian.
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